Nonnea
(named after J. P. Nonne, of Erfurt, 1729-1772, a German writer on botany). Sometimes spelt Nonea. SYNS. Echioides, Oscampia. ORD. Boragineae. A rather large genus (upwards of thirty species have been described) of half-hardy or hardy, annual or perennial, hispid or villous, erect or often diffuse, herbs, natives of Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. Flowers pink, blue, white, or yellow, erect; cymes at first dense, at length often separating into elongated, leafy-bracted branches; corolla tube cylindrical, lobes imbricated. Leaves alternate. N. rosea is probably the prettiest of the two or three species grown in this country. For culture, see Anchusa (under which several of the species are often classed).
N. rosea (rose-coloured).* fl. rose-coloured, with a yellowish-white throat. Summer. l. oblong, obtuse. h. 6in. to 12in. Asia Minor, &c. Diffuse hardy annual. SYN. Anchusa latifolia. A. versicolor (B. M. 3477) is a form in which the flowers are red when in bud, but turn a fine blue when fully expanded.